Research Article

Triggering Mechanism of an Extreme Rainstorm Process near the Tianshan Mountains in Xinjiang, an Arid Region in China, Based on a Numerical Simulation

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Vertical cross sections of the simulated concentration of ice-phase particles (shaded, unit: g·kg−1, including ice, snow, and graupel), the concentration of cloud water (green solid line; unit: g·kg−1), and temperature (red solid line, unit: °C) along the black solid line CD shown in Figure 5. (a) Initiation stage at 12:00 on July 31. (b) Development stage at 16:00 on July 31. (c) Maturity stage at 17:30 on July 31. (d) Extinction stage at 22:00 on July 31, 2016.
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